Wordnet 3.0
VERB (3)
1.
make explicit;
specify in detail;
- Example: "You should spell out your demands"2.
spell fully and without abbreviating;
- Example: "Can you spell out your middle name instead of just giving the initial?"3.
orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of;
- Example: "How do you spell this word?"- Example: "We had to spell out our names for the police officer"[syn: spell, spell out]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spell out
v 1: make explicit; specify in detail; "You should spell out
your demands"
2: spell fully and without abbreviating; "Can you spell out your
middle name instead of just giving the initial?"
3: orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of; "How do
you spell this word?" "We had to spell out our names for the
police officer" [syn: spell, spell out]